How do you guys secure your Yeti coolers, in the bed of your Taco's?

See, now that is fascinating. Turns out I've been installing mine wrong all these years by hooking the belt side first and then hooking the ratcheting side, to avoid another trip around the vehicle to tighten the strap up. I feel so stupid!

OP; I just have Ye Olde Steel Belted Coleman, but I usually hook it in with ratchet straps to the tie-downs in the bed. Run the ratchet strap through the carry handle on one side, over the lid, and through the other carry handle. Hitch the hooks into the D-Rings in the bed, tighten, and go.

 

I know they have Tan, White, Tan with Camo lid that we can just order. I haven't had a request for a custom one. PM me if you are really interested with what you want and I will shoot them an email to find out. I am assuming it would cost additional though.

 

If you don't have a correction spacer for the Taco lean, you may consider mounting it on the right side of the bed to level out. I carried two coolers to the beach last weekend and put one on each side. Using bed cleats on the sides near the cab strapped across the coolers and connecting to the tie-downs by the tailgate.

Aside from that, I would put it right against the cab using either bed cleats or the extra tie downs you can buy to put in the other locations provided.

 

K2 coolers FTW

 

Columbia eh?
Have to meet up sometime and shoot the shit, I want to check out the K2 cooler, that's likely going to be what I get for a small in cab cooler for short weekend trips.. I love my 75 yeti but its far to big for some stuff unless im going on a week trip somewhere and spend the time to pre cool it and so forth..

Heres a pic of mine, I put the lock towards the tailgate and put a long padlock with chain thru one side of the lid like most have mentioned, it also lives in my truck and I have never had an issue.

 

Yeah, for sure! I've got the summit 70 that has never been taken out of my truck. I have nothing but good things to say about it.

 

Sweet! Ill shoot you a PM here in a sec, Im over in West Cola behind lex medical center. Stop by one day! Ill be pulling my front axle and another project trucks this weekend for re builds and prepping for my 35's.

Sorry for the :threadjack: OP

 

For the money I would consider an ARB fridge that never needs ice. Carry the same amount of perishables in a smaller package. Never buy ice. Never need to drain unless you spill something. Most of us have a plug in the bed already. What am I missing here?

 

I just picked up the Yeti 20. My son plays travel baseball so we are at a ballpark every weekend. We are hunting & fishing the other weekends so I plan on using it a lot. I feel like the 20 is the perfect size for this use.

I'm trying to talk one of my hunting buddies to buy the 50 to go with my 20 for our extended hunts.

 

The Yeti finished towards the bottom of this cooler shoot out.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-TE4RnqT0U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

I have an Engel and it is as far as can tell rates right up there with the Yeti's.
They are heavy suckers! so you know they are well insulated.
I would not leave it in my truck bed unless I was using it.
It is in the trunk of my wifes car right now as we travel through Colorado, New Mexico and back to Zoni land.

 

Video is from 2010. I wonder if the Yeti is still made the same as it was in 2010.

 

The Yeti was unimpressive as far as ice retention. The Coleman outlasted it and I bet it's ¼-⅓ the price. My 20 year old Coleman did great in Moab and it was pretty hot.

I'm still thinking the ARB fridge. Big investment but no ice needed. More space for stuff, no draining (which means no worries about water sensitive items), no ice.

Have I mentioned no ice?

 

An ARB fridge is considerably more and you cant leave it in the bed if the weather gets crappy. It doesn't take much to run the Fridge, but you do need to keep an eye on your battery if you are running it off the truck without running the truck. In Moab I drove my truck everyday so running the fridge wasn't a problem. Plus unless you have a detected plug set up for it you have to leave a key in the ignition to keep it running. The cooler on the other hand can be properly packed and keep food cool for days regardless of expending your battery.

I want to do a test like that and see if my results are the same.

 

Most likely even cheesier. Name a company that doesn't start to cut corners over a period of time.

 

As promised. Here are a few pics.

 

For some reason the iPad want upload but one at a time.

 

And lastly.

 

Nice thanks for the pics looks like the perfect size...going to get a red one with UGA logo on top and guy Harvey pic on the front

 

A yeti's mass works against it for normal use. Think of it like cooking with a thin aluminum pan vs a cast iron skillet. It takes more heat to heat a cast iron skillet, but it holds he heat and offers a stable temperature platform for cooking. A yeti has to be pre-cooled if you really want it to work. Otherwise the insulated walls will dump a lot of heat into the ice just cooling it down. It's not ideal for short trips, but for longer trips it's worth killing half a bag of ice to prep it before the trip.

Of cours The big benefit of a yeti is that it's built like a tank. You can stand on it all day and not worry about it. They're tough.

What I really want is an Orca because it's a direct Yeti ripoff but it comes in a neat OD green. My Yeti Roadie is a great smaller cooler though. I love the metal handle and it's built for life. Though my puppy did put some serious chew marks in it when she was young. My fault - it's the exact consistency of every chew toy we've ever given her.